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| LittleBerry |
Hanami - Finished with PhotosI cast this on yesterday...
I am part way through the first repeat of the basket weave pattern this is for a friends 40th birthday at the end of July... it's from Pink Lemon Twists if any of you need any encouragement 
I am using a polychrome lace yarn from Yarntree House off Ebay (I can recommend her for service). The yarn by itself is too fine for the pattern (16m/g) so I've wound my two balls together to get the right guage (8m/g) and I should have enough yarn with the two balls by my calculations. I'm using this beautiful lilac shade too I did do the bead cast on my own way as my beads were smaller and I didn't have a crochet hook that fitted the hole... so I improvised with my trusty thumb cast on method and positioning the beads where I wanted them.... |
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| Catknit |
beautiful, Littleberry, I love that pattern which I spotted a couple of weeks ago but have resisted so far, the colour is lovely too 
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| n |
This will be good to see in a colour... wasn't the original in cream?
Verrrry nice. n |
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| LittleBerry |
I think it was, I don't do cream/white very well.... 
I'm hoping by winding the two balls together it will minimize the striping effect of the yarn and make it a more unified colour(they started at different places in the balls) |
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| LittleBerry |
I am really pleased with how this is turning out.... the photo doesn't show it very well.. but it is changing colour slightly.... The yarn itself is quite subtly shaded over long colour repeats but because I've wound two balls together I think it's going to be even more subtle
This is the 2nd rpt of basketweave.... 
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| Piglottie |
Oooh, stunning pattern LittleBerry! Very diffeent as well. Love the yarn colour too. | ||
| gilraen |
Lovely lace LittleBerry, and the yarn looks fabulous
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| Nanatoo |
Littleberry, that's so pretty. | ||
| CJ |
ooo, that's gorgeous so far.
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| Wildpurl |
That's turning out well Littleberry
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| Auntie Noo |
That looks very clever!!! | ||
| pictish |
Oooh that is beautiful 
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| franney |
That is looking gorgeous, i can't wait to see how the colour changes come out, you can see a slight variation already can't you. How exciting! 
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| LittleBerry |
I've more or less made it to the halfway stage with this now. I've been calculating the yarn useage as I've been going along and have managed to get an 8th repeat of the basket weave pattern out of the yarn rather than the standard 7; I really don't want any yarn left over as I just bought the two balls.....
Am really pleased with how it's coming out, the photo empasises the colours.... 
I don't think it will be quite finished before I start the Mystery Stole KAL though but wont be far off.... |
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| Glynis |
It really has turned out beautifully! The subtle colour changes are really pretty.
Your friend will be over the moon with this! |
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| gilraen |
Stunning, and the yarn colour shades are very clever
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| LittleBerry |
Nearly Finished 
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| Glynis |
Yay!! I'm really looking forward to seeing it all completed. | ||
| Woollywarbler |
I downloaded the pattern only yesterday for future playing I can't wait to see yours......what a lucky friend!
Tracy |
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| LittleBerry |
am just doing a beaded edge as I cast Off not doing the frilly bit at the end.... | ||
| Woollywarbler |
Oooh cast off quick! (I was wondering about that frilly bit myself )
Rats....you've got to block it yet haven't you, I'm so impatient 
Tracy |
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| Lily |
Oh I wish I am the lucky recipient
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| YarnAddict |
Can't wait to see the finished object. The changes in colour looks nice.
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| LittleBerry |
  Finished... will post a photo later but blocking will have to wait until Weekend...
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| LittleBerry |
without blocking it's a decent length.... I had 10g of yarn left....
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| chrissy |
Looks beautiful the colours are stunning
really looking forward to the after blocking pics |
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| CJ |
ooo, very nice indeed. I love the colours
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| Woollywarbler |
So pretty, I want one even more now
Tracy |
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| terri |
It looks gorgeous littleberry!!!!! I'm so tempted to go and buy the pattern  
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| Glynis |
I think it is so beautiful Littleberry. I just love the way the colour has worked out. | ||
| Wildpurl |
How gorgeous Littleberry, I am so looking forward to knitting this stole! | ||
| LittleBerry |
As promised the finished stole... really enjoyed knitting it and would definitely do another at a future date....
Blocking: 
Post Blocking: 
Details: Yarn: Yarn Treehouse Bloom Colour C09 yarn held double to give correct weight for pattern Needles: Knit Pick Classic Circ 3.25mm Beads: Size 9 Güttermann Blue lined Lilac seed beads Variations: I omitted the ruffle option and worked 6 garter stitch rows after the last pattern block and added beads on the CO edge |
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| CJ |
that's lovely, I really want to knit this even more now seeing yours.
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| cazzie |
Wow - that is gorgeous
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| n |
Verry nice.
How does the weight of the yarn you used compare to my lace yarn... would that need to be doubled too? n |
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| LittleBerry |
when doubled this yarn came out at 8 m/g where yours is 14m/g singly doubled yours would just be a little thicker.....
edited to add: I think you would still need to have two hanks of yours n, as I used all but 10g (extra repeat at each end) and each ball was 62.5g I have to say a nice Merino laceweight at around the 8 - 10 m/g mark would be good as reading comments on various forums a lot of people are finding the finer laceweight difficult to handle and off putting (no offense to any dyer etc just my observation)...... HTH |
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| Seahorse |
Stunning!
Claire |
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| Woollywarbler |
I think that is absolutely gorgeous...........
Tracy |
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| pictish |
Really lovely!! | ||
| Nevisknitter |
That is beautiful littleberry. | ||
| dreamcatcher |
That's really gorgeous! Off to look for the pattern
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| chrissy |
That is really beautiful I love it | ||
| terri |
Thats soooo beautiful, I love it!!!!!!!!!
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| pjmck |
Its really beautiful.
Paula |
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| Glynis |
That is absolutely stunning Littleberry. I am in awe of your knitting stamina too.
Very well done indeed!
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| KnittingLadybird |
That is just beautiful...and it's a lot bigger than what I expected...almost covers the back of your sofa!....what a totally gorgeous wrap indeed
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| Wildpurl |
That's very beautiful, what a gorgeous colour and the pattern is so lovely. | ||
| Lily |
*speechless* | ||
| Jobo |
You have made a perfect job of that Littleberry - its gorgeous
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| LittleBerry |
have updated my blog with the photos and with my friend wearing it, she was thrilled to bits...... | ||